The TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers are underway ahead of the 15th edition that will bring together the best women’s football teams in Africa.
Below are the latest results of the qualifiers.
Qualifying Phases
The first round will take place from February 19 to 26, 2025.
The second round will take place from October 20 to 28, 2025.
First Round
February 19, 2025
(Times in GMT)
14:00
South Sudan 0-5 Algeria
16:00
Niger 0 – 2 Gambia
February 20, 2025
14:00
Botswana 0-2 DR Congo
Tanzania 3-1 Equatorial Guinea
15:30
Gabon 0-6 Mali
16:00
Benin 2-1 Sierra Leone
Angola 2-1 Zimbabwe
February 21, 2025
13:00
14:00
Eswatini 0-3 Namibia Uganda 2-0 Ethiopia Rwanda 0-1 Egypt
16:30
17:00
February 23, 2025
17:00
February 24, 2025
15:00
17:00
February 25, 2025
17:00
18:00
19:00
February 26, 2025
13:00
14:00
Namibia vs. Eswatini Tunisia vs. Kenya Zimbabwe vs. Angola
17:00
Burkina Faso vs. Burundi DR Congo vs. Botswana Togo vs. Djibouti
18:00
Cape Verde vs. Guinea Senegal vs. Chad
19:00
Equatorial Guinea vs. Tanzania
Second Round
● M33 & M34: Angola – Zimbabwe vs. Malawi
● M35 & M36: Botswana – DR Congo vs. South Africa
● M37 & M38: Tanzania – Equatorial Guinea vs. Uganda – Ethiopia
● M39 & M40: Eswatini – Namibia vs. Zambia
● M41 & M42: Burundi – Burkina Faso vs. Djibouti – Togo
● M43 & M44: South Sudan – Algeria vs. Cameroon
● M45 & M46: Rwanda – Egypt vs. Ghana
● M47 & M48: Kenya – Tunisia vs. Gambia
● M49 & M50: Benin vs. Nigeria
● M51 & M52: Guinea – Cape Verde vs. Gabon – Mali
● M53 & M54: Senegal vs. Ivory Coast
Dates
The dates for the final phase of the competition will be soon be communicated by CAF.
Stadiums
The selected stadiums for the competition will be revealed in due course.
Format
The final phase of the competition is structured into three groups of four teams.
The top two teams from each group will qualify directly for the quarter-finals, along with the two best third-placed teams.
From this stage, the competition adopts a knockout format leading up to the final, where the winner will be crowned.
Achievements:
Year Host Winner Score Finalist Third Place Score Fourth 1991 Home and Away Nigeria 2 – 0 & 4 – 0 Cameroon Guinea / Zambia No third place match ❌ 1995 Home and Away Nigeria 4 – 1 & 7 – 1 South Africa Angola / Ghana No third place match ❌ 1998 Nigeria Nigeria 2 – 0 Ghana DR Congo 3 – 3 (3 – 1) Penalties Cameroon 2000 South Africa Nigeria 2 – 0 South Africa Ghana 6 – 3 Zimbabwe 2002 Nigeria Nigeria 2 – 0 Ghana Cameroon 3 – 0 South Africa 2004 South Africa Nigeria 5 – 0 Cameroon Ghana 0 – 0 (6 – 5) Penalties Ethiopia 2006 Nigeria Nigeria 1 – 0 Ghana South Africa 2 – 2 (5 – 4) Penalties Cameroon 2008 Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea 2 – 1 South Africa Nigeria 1 – 1 (5 – 4) Penalties Cameroon 2010 South Africa Nigeria 4 – 2 Equatorial Guinea South Africa 2 – 0 Cameroon 2012 Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea 4 – 0 South Africa Cameroon 1 – 0 Nigeria 2014 Namibia Nigeria 2 – 0 Cameroon Cote d’Ivoire 1 – 0 South Africa 2016 Cameroon Nigeria 1 – 0 Cameroon Ghana 1 – 0 South Africa 2018 Ghana Nigeria 0 – 0 (4 – 3) Penalties South Africa Cameroon 4 – 2 Mali 2020 Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ 2022 Morocco South Africa 2 – 1 Morocco Zambia 1 – 0 Nigeria
Country Records
Rank Country Wins Runners-up Third Place Fourth Years of Title 1️Nigeria 10 1️-1️ 0️ 1️ 1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018 2️ Equatorial Guinea 2️ 1️ 0️ 0️ 2008, 2012 3️ South Africa 1️ 5️ 2️ 3️ 2022 4️ Cameroon 0️ 4️ 3️ 4️ ❌ 5️ Ghana 0 3️ 4️ 0️ ❌ 6️ Morocco 0️ 1️ 0️ 0️ ❌ 7️Angola 0️ 0️ 1️ 0️ ❌ 8 Cote d’Ivoire 0️ 0️ 1️ 0️ ❌ 9. Guinea 0️ 0️ 1️ 0️ ❌ 10. DR Congo 0️ 0️ 1️ 0️ ❌ 11. Zambia 0️ 0️ 1️ 0️ ❌ 12. Ethiopia 0️ 0️ 0️ 1️ ❌ 1️3. Mali 0️ 0️ 0️ 1️ ❌ 14. Zimbabwe 0️ 0 0 1 ❌
